Athletes watch other athletes perform. Pick a football player. There’s close to a 100% chance that they watch other players playing. This is tru

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2024-10-06 13:30:05

Athletes watch other athletes perform. Pick a football player. There’s close to a 100% chance that they watch other players playing. This is true ranging from your Sunday League warrior, to your Ronaldo or Messi.

There’s a point where observing an activity stops to make sense. Instead the focus is shifted to the outcome, not the process. One can appreciate a building, a bridge, or some other structure. But miss the process that led to it. The same happens with coding. One can review a Pull Request, but the thought process is often missed. It’s the equivalent of a football player looking at the stats of a match, but missing the actual game.